EP1584417A2 - Driver blade for fastering tool - Google Patents
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- the present invention is directed to a driver blade for use in a fastening tool, particularly for a fastening tool for driving fasteners for fastening trim for finishing applications.
- Driver blades for fastening tools are used to drive fasteners, such as those used to secure trim or molding for finishing applications.
- driver blades are typically long, thin, unsupported pieces of metal which must repeatedly strike fasteners with a significant amount of force.
- the driver blade must be strong and durable enough to withstand thousands of cycles.
- driver blades In order to ensure that a driver blade has the strength and durability required to withstand a large number of cycles, driver blades have typically been made by machining a bar of steel or other metal having the desired strength and hardness, see for example the driver blade disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,647,525.
- machining a driver blade can be overly expensive, a problem that is exacerbated by the fact that driver blades typically have to be changed out due to wear several times during the life of a tool.
- the novel stamped elongate driver blade includes an elongate body, a head at one end of the body for coupling to the piston, a tip at the other end of the body for impacting a fastener to drive it into a workpiece, a stiffening rib protruding from the body, the rib extending substantially along the length of the body, wherein the stamped elongate driver blade is made of annealed cold rolled spring steel.
- an inventive method of manufacturing an elongate driver blade having the steps of providing cold rolled spring steel, forming an elongate blank from the cold rolled spring steel, providing a stamping die having a generally planar stamping surface with an elongate groove, and stamping the blank into the stamping die having the elongate groove to form the elongate driver blade having an elongate stiffening rib.
- a novel driver blade is manufactured by the method described above.
- a novel stamped elongate driver blade 10 includes an elongate body 12, a head 16 at a trailing end 14 of body 12 for coupling to piston 4, a tip 18 at a driving end 15 of body 12 for impacting and driving a fastener 5 into a workpiece 1, and an elongate stiffening rib 20 protruding from elongate body 12 and extending substantially along the length of elongate body 12, wherein stamped elongate driver blade 10 is made of annealed cold rolled spring steel having a Rockwell C hardness of between about 54 and about 57.
- Driver blade 10 is made from a novel method of manufacturing including the steps of providing cold rolled spring steel, forming an elongate blank 22, see FIG. 2, from the cold rolled spring steel, providing a stamping die 76, see FIGS. 7 and 8, having a generally planar stamping surface 78 with an elongate groove 80, and stamping blank 22 into stamping die 76 having elongate groove 80 to form elongate driver blade 10 having an elongate stiffening rib 20.
- tool 3 is used for driving fasteners 5 into a workpiece 1.
- tool 3 is used for driving pins 5 for fastening a workpiece 1, such as molding or trim having a ledge 9 as shown in FIG. 1, to a substrate 2, such as a wall or a cabinet.
- Fasteners 5 may be rectangular or round.
- each fastener 5 has a generally rectangular cross section corresponding generally to the cross section of body 12 of driver blade 10.
- Each fastener 5 can have a generally rectangular head 6, a generally rectangular shaft 7 and a point 8.
- a plurality of fasteners 5 can be coupled together in a strip 46 and placed in a magazine 24 of tool 3, as shown in FIG. 1.
- the fastener 5 that is to be driven by driver blade 10 is positioned within a channel 26 at the driving end of tool housing 28. Channel 26 acts to guide driver blade 10 and fastener 5 in the driving direction toward workpiece 1.
- Tool 3 includes a housing 28 with a handle 30 depending generally from a trailing end of housing 28 for an operator to hold tool 3.
- a trigger 32 is mounted to handle 30 for actuating tool 3.
- a cylinder 34 is located within housing 28, with a piston 4 within cylinder 34.
- Driver blade 10 is coupled to piston 4 so that when piston 4 is driven in a driving direction through cylinder 34, so is driver blade 10.
- piston 4 includes a stem 36 having a recess 38 for receiving head 16 of driver blade 10, as described below.
- a power source such as pneumatic power, gas combustion, or explosive powder is used to drive piston 4 and driver blade 10 in the driving direction toward fastener 5.
- tool 3 includes an air connection 40 for connecting to a compressed air source (not shown), which feeds into a chamber 42 in the trailing direction of piston 4. When trigger 32 is pulled by an operator, air pressure is increased in chamber 42, which drives piston 4 toward fastener 5.
- Tool 3 can also include a buffer 44 generally at the driving end of cylinder 34 to protect piston 4 and tool 3 from damage due to high speed impact.
- tool 3 includes a magazine 24 for feeding a strip 46 of fasteners 5 into channel 26.
- Tool 3 can also include a follower (not shown) which biases strip 46 toward channel 26, so that when one fastener 5 is driven, the follower biases the next fastener 5 into channel 26.
- Tool 3 also includes a front plate 48, which frames part of channel 26, and preferably can be temporarily removed, such as by the hinged connection to housing 28 shown in FIG. 1, so that channel 26 can be opened to perform maintenance, such as removing debris from channel 26.
- Front plate 48 can include a groove (not shown) for guiding rib 20 of driver blade 10. The groove in front plate 48 cannot be wider than fastener head 6 because if it was, fastener 5 would slide into the groove and would not be driven properly by driver blade 10.
- tool 3 also includes a drive probe 50 extending in the driving direction from housing 28.
- Drive probe 50 is operationally connected to a triggering mechanism (not shown) via a link 52, so that tool 3 cannot be fired without driver probe 50 being pushed against workpiece 1, forcing drive probe 50 and link 52 in the trailing direction, enabling actuation of tool 3.
- a work contact element 54 is mounted to drive probe 50 to prevent drive probe 50 from marring the surface of workpiece 1.
- An example of a work contact element is disclosed in the commonly assigned, co-pending patent application having Attorney Docket # 14263, filed contemporaneously herewith, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- driver blade 10 is formed by stamping cold rolled spring steel.
- Driver blade 10 includes an elongate body 12, a head 16 at trailing end 14 of body 12 for coupling to piston 4, a tip 18 at driving end 15 of body 12 for impacting and driving fastener 5 in a driving direction into workpiece 1, a stiffening rib 20 protruding from body 12 and extending substantially along the length BL of body 12, wherein stamped elongate driver blade 10 is preferably made of annealed cold rolled spring steel having a Rockwell C hardness of between about 54 and about 57.
- Elongate body 12 of driver blade 10 extends between head 16 and tip 18.
- body 12 is generally rectangular in cross section, as shown in FIG. 5, to complement the generally rectuanular fastener head 6.
- the width BW and thickness BT of body 12 is preferably approximately equal to the width and thickness, respectively, of fastener head 6.
- the length BL of body 12 is a significant portion of the total length L of driver blade 10.
- Body 12 includes a first face 56 and a second face 58, wherein stiffening rib 20 protrudes from first face 56 of body 12 and extends substantially along the entire length BL of body 12 to provide durability and column strength along the length of driver blade 10.
- rib 20 is generally centered along the width BW of body 12, as shown in FIG.
- width RW of rib 20 is significantly less than the width BW of body 12.
- Rib 20 protrudes from first face 56 of body 12 for a thickness RT of rib 20 that is less than the thickness BT of body 12.
- Thickness RT of rib should be large enough to provide sufficient strength and durability along the length of driver blade 10 to allow driver blade 10 to last a desired number of cycles, preferably several hundred thousand cycles. Because the width of the grove in face plate 48, FIG. 1, cannot be larger than the width of fastener head 6, rib 20, which slides along the groove in faceplate 48, also cannot have a width RW larger than the width of fastener head 6.
- Body 12 and rib 20 are manufactured by a stamping process, described below.
- body 12 has a length BL that is between about 70% and about 95%, preferably between about 80% and about 92%, still more preferably about 90% of the total length L of driver blade 10.
- the thickness BT of body 12 can be between about 50% and about 90%, preferably between about 65% and about 75%, still more preferably about 70% of the total thickness T of driver blade 10.
- Width RW of rib 20 can be between about 25% and about 50%, preferably between about 30% and about 40%, still more preferably about 32% of the width BW of body 12.
- the length BL of body 12 is between about 10 cm and about 12 cm, preferably about 11 cm
- the width BW of body 12 is between about 2,5 mm and about 4 mm, preferably about 3 mm
- the thickness BT of body 12 is between about 1,5 mm and about 1,8 mm, preferably about 1,6 mm
- the thickness RT of rib 20 is between about 0,5 mm and about 1,3 mm, preferably about 0,7 mm
- the width RW of rib 20 is between about 0,7 mm and about 1,3 mm, preferably about 1 mm
- body includes rounded edges 60 and a rounded juncture 62 between body 12 and rib 20, which can also be formed by stamping, because sharp edges more easily form concentrations of stress and fault lines at the high forces experienced by driver blade.
- flared portions 64 between body 12 and head 16 as shown in FIG. 4, to prevent the formation of fault lines between body 12 and head 16.
- rounded edges 60 have a radius of curvature of about 0.015 inch
- rounded juncture has a radius of curvature of about 0.01 inch
- flared portions 64 between body 12 and head 16 have a radius of curvature of about 0.25 inches.
- Head 16 is located at a trailing end 14 of body 12 and is substantially wider than body 12, as seen in FIG 4. Head 16 fits within recess 38 for coupling with piston 4.
- head 16 includes a hole 66 for receiving a pin 68 extending through piston stem 36 and hole 66, see FIG. 1. Pin 68 is removable to allow for routine maintenance and replacement of driver blade 10.
- head 16 has a width HW that is between about three and about six times wider than the width BW of body 12, preferably about 4 3 ⁇ 4 times wider.
- head 16 has a width HW of between about 0.4 inches and about % inch, preferably between about 1 ⁇ 2 inch and about 0.6 inches, still more preferably about 0.59 inches.
- tip 18 is located at driving end 15 of body and includes a driving surface 70 for impacting head 6 of fastener 5 within channel 26, see FIG. 1.
- Driving surface 70 is substantially normal to body 12 so that driving surface 70 will strike fastener head 6 true and evenly.
- driving surface 70 is the only portion of driver blade 10 that is machined to ensure that driving surface is substantially flat and normal with body 12 of driver blade 10.
- tip 18 can also include a first tapered portion 72 of first face 56 and a second tapered portion 74 of second face 58 that tapers toward driving surface 70 at driving end 15, wherein the thicknesses of both body 12 and rib 20 taper to a thickness TT of driving surface 70 that is between about 35% and about 80%, preferably between about 50% and about 70%, still more preferably about 60% of the total thickness T of driver blade 10.
- first tapered portion 72 is tapered toward driving surface 70 at an angle a of between about 10° and about 20° preferably about 15°
- second tapered portion 74 is tapered toward driving surface 70 at an angle ⁇ of between about 10° and about 20°, still more preferably about 15°
- driving surface 70 has a thickness TT of between about 0,7 mm to about 1,9 cm, preferably about 1,3 cm to about 1,5 mm, still more preferably about 1,4 mm.
- Tapered portions 72, 74 make driver blade 10 as thin as possible at driving end 15 so that there is little chance that driver blade 10 will damage workpiece 1, because the portion of driver blade 10 that workpiece 1 sees is smaller than fastener head 6. Also, second tapered portion 74 ensures that driving surface 70 contacts only fastener 5 within channel 26, and not the next fastener over, because second tapered portion 74 slides down the next fastener so that driving surface 70 contacts head 6 of the fastener in channel 26.
- Driver blade 10 is made by a novel method of manufacture wherein the driver blade is stamped instead of machined.
- the novel method includes the steps of providing cold rolled spring steel, forming an elongate blank 22 from said cold rolled spring steel, as shown in FIG. 2, providing a stamping die 76 having a generally planar stamping surface 78 with an elongate groove 80 in stamping surface 78, and stamping blank 22 into stamping die 76 with elongate groove 80 to form elongate driver blade 10 having an elongate stiffening rib 20.
- the cold rolled spring steel that is provided is preferably 1095 cold rolled steel, although S7 or 1050 spring can also be used.
- the cold rolled spring steel is an annealed spring steel available in stock rolls of steel.
- a preferred stock spring steel is 1095 steel that can be purchased in stock rolls having a thickness of about 0.093 inches.
- Blank 22 has a body 12', a head 16' at a trailing end 14' of body 12', and a tip 18' at a driving end 15' of blank 22.
- Blank 22 can be formed by any method that forms the desired shape, such as by cutting the shape, but stamping is preferred because it is easily repeatable and inexpensive. Stamping can also form hole 66' in head 16' of blank 22, either at generally the same time as stamping blank 22, or at some other time.
- Stamping blank 22 into stamping die 76 comprises stamping blank 22 with sufficient force to deform the spring steel to form stiffening rib 20.
- the stamping step forms rib 20 within elongate groove 80 of stamping die 76 by forcing steel into elongate groove 80 and by stamping down the metal adjacent to rib 20, as shown in FIG. 8.
- the method also includes the step of trimming body 12 of driver blade 10 to a predetermined width. Because blank 22 is deformed by stamping die 76 to form stiffening rib 20, some of the metal is forced outwardly so that body 12 of driver blade 10 is wider than desired, making it necessary to trim sides 82 of body 12 to a desired width BW.
- the method can also include the steps of stamping edges 60 of body 12 so that they are generally rounded, as shown in FIG. 5, to prevent the concentration of stress and the formation of fault lines. Tapered portions 72, 74 of tip 18 can also be formed by stamping.
- driver blade 10 is heat treated so that it is hard enough to withstand a predetermined number of cycles, preferably 250,000 cycles or more.
- driver blade 10 is heat treated to a Rockwell C hardness of between about 52 and about 60, preferably between about 54 and 57.
- stamping of driver blade 10 is significantly cheaper than machining a driver blade out of a similar metal. Stamping of driver blade 10 out of cold rolled spring steel costs less than 10% of the cost of machining a similar driver blade. Surprisingly, driver blade 10 formed by the stamping method is also substantially more durable than a typical machined driver blade made from similar materials. Under certain conditions, a conventional machined driver blade was able to withstand approximately 250,000 cycles before needing to be replaced. Under the same conditions, driver blade 10 of the present invention, manufactured from the stamping process, was able to withstand approximately 600,000 cycles before needing to be replaced.
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- The present invention is directed to a driver blade for use in a fastening tool, particularly for a fastening tool for driving fasteners for fastening trim for finishing applications.
- Driver blades for fastening tools are used to drive fasteners, such as those used to secure trim or molding for finishing applications. For finishing applications, driver blades are typically long, thin, unsupported pieces of metal which must repeatedly strike fasteners with a significant amount of force. The driver blade must be strong and durable enough to withstand thousands of cycles.
- In order to ensure that a driver blade has the strength and durability required to withstand a large number of cycles, driver blades have typically been made by machining a bar of steel or other metal having the desired strength and hardness, see for example the driver blade disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,647,525. However, machining a driver blade can be overly expensive, a problem that is exacerbated by the fact that driver blades typically have to be changed out due to wear several times during the life of a tool.
- What is needed is a driver blade with the strength and durability to withstand a large number of driving cycles, but that is inexpensive to manufacture.
- The novel stamped elongate driver blade includes an elongate body, a head at one end of the body for coupling to the piston, a tip at the other end of the body for impacting a fastener to drive it into a workpiece, a stiffening rib protruding from the body, the rib extending substantially along the length of the body, wherein the stamped elongate driver blade is made of annealed cold rolled spring steel.
- Also in accordance with the present invention, an inventive method of manufacturing an elongate driver blade is provided having the steps of providing cold rolled spring steel, forming an elongate blank from the cold rolled spring steel, providing a stamping die having a generally planar stamping surface with an elongate groove, and stamping the blank into the stamping die having the elongate groove to form the elongate driver blade having an elongate stiffening rib. A novel driver blade is manufactured by the method described above.
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- FIG. 1 is partial side sectional view of a tool having a driver blade of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an elevation view of an elongate blank used to form the driver blade of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a side view of the driver blade of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an elevation view showing an elongate rib extending along the driver blade.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the driver blade taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6 is a close up of a tip of the driver blade taken along
detail 6 in FIG. 3. - FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a stamping die for forming the driver blade.
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the stamping die and the driver blade.
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- Referring to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, a novel stamped
elongate driver blade 10 includes anelongate body 12, ahead 16 at a trailingend 14 ofbody 12 for coupling topiston 4, atip 18 at a drivingend 15 ofbody 12 for impacting and driving afastener 5 into a workpiece 1, and anelongate stiffening rib 20 protruding fromelongate body 12 and extending substantially along the length ofelongate body 12, wherein stampedelongate driver blade 10 is made of annealed cold rolled spring steel having a Rockwell C hardness of between about 54 and about 57. -
Driver blade 10 is made from a novel method of manufacturing including the steps of providing cold rolled spring steel, forming an elongate blank 22, see FIG. 2, from the cold rolled spring steel, providing astamping die 76, see FIGS. 7 and 8, having a generallyplanar stamping surface 78 with anelongate groove 80, and stamping blank 22 into stamping die 76 having elongate groove 80 to formelongate driver blade 10 having anelongate stiffening rib 20. - Turning to FIG. 1,
tool 3 is used for drivingfasteners 5 into a workpiece 1. In a preferred embodiment,tool 3 is used for drivingpins 5 for fastening a workpiece 1, such as molding or trim having aledge 9 as shown in FIG. 1, to asubstrate 2, such as a wall or a cabinet.Fasteners 5 may be rectangular or round. In a preferred embodiment particularly suited for trim applications, eachfastener 5 has a generally rectangular cross section corresponding generally to the cross section ofbody 12 ofdriver blade 10. Eachfastener 5 can have a generallyrectangular head 6, a generallyrectangular shaft 7 and apoint 8. A plurality offasteners 5 can be coupled together in astrip 46 and placed in amagazine 24 oftool 3, as shown in FIG. 1. Thefastener 5 that is to be driven bydriver blade 10 is positioned within achannel 26 at the driving end oftool housing 28.Channel 26 acts to guidedriver blade 10 andfastener 5 in the driving direction toward workpiece 1. -
Tool 3 includes ahousing 28 with ahandle 30 depending generally from a trailing end ofhousing 28 for an operator to holdtool 3. Atrigger 32 is mounted to handle 30 foractuating tool 3. Acylinder 34 is located withinhousing 28, with apiston 4 withincylinder 34.Driver blade 10 is coupled topiston 4 so that whenpiston 4 is driven in a driving direction throughcylinder 34, so isdriver blade 10. In one embodiment,piston 4 includes astem 36 having arecess 38 for receivinghead 16 ofdriver blade 10, as described below. - A power source, such as pneumatic power, gas combustion, or explosive powder is used to drive
piston 4 anddriver blade 10 in the driving direction towardfastener 5. In one embodiment,tool 3 includes anair connection 40 for connecting to a compressed air source (not shown), which feeds into achamber 42 in the trailing direction ofpiston 4. Whentrigger 32 is pulled by an operator, air pressure is increased inchamber 42, which drivespiston 4 towardfastener 5.Tool 3 can also include abuffer 44 generally at the driving end ofcylinder 34 to protectpiston 4 andtool 3 from damage due to high speed impact. - Preferably,
tool 3 includes amagazine 24 for feeding astrip 46 offasteners 5 intochannel 26.Tool 3 can also include a follower (not shown) which biases strip 46 towardchannel 26, so that when onefastener 5 is driven, the follower biases thenext fastener 5 intochannel 26.Tool 3 also includes afront plate 48, which frames part ofchannel 26, and preferably can be temporarily removed, such as by the hinged connection tohousing 28 shown in FIG. 1, so thatchannel 26 can be opened to perform maintenance, such as removing debris fromchannel 26.Front plate 48 can include a groove (not shown) for guidingrib 20 ofdriver blade 10. The groove infront plate 48 cannot be wider thanfastener head 6 because if it was,fastener 5 would slide into the groove and would not be driven properly bydriver blade 10. - Continuing with FIG. 1,
tool 3 also includes adrive probe 50 extending in the driving direction fromhousing 28. Driveprobe 50 is operationally connected to a triggering mechanism (not shown) via alink 52, so thattool 3 cannot be fired withoutdriver probe 50 being pushed against workpiece 1, forcingdrive probe 50 and link 52 in the trailing direction, enabling actuation oftool 3. In one embodiment, awork contact element 54 is mounted to driveprobe 50 to preventdrive probe 50 from marring the surface of workpiece 1. An example of a work contact element is disclosed in the commonly assigned, co-pending patent application having Attorney Docket # 14263, filed contemporaneously herewith, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. - Turning to FIGS. 3-5,
driver blade 10 is formed by stamping cold rolled spring steel.Driver blade 10 includes anelongate body 12, ahead 16 at trailingend 14 ofbody 12 for coupling topiston 4, atip 18 at drivingend 15 ofbody 12 for impacting and drivingfastener 5 in a driving direction into workpiece 1, a stiffeningrib 20 protruding frombody 12 and extending substantially along the length BL ofbody 12, wherein stampedelongate driver blade 10 is preferably made of annealed cold rolled spring steel having a Rockwell C hardness of between about 54 and about 57. -
Elongate body 12 ofdriver blade 10 extends betweenhead 16 andtip 18. Preferably,body 12 is generally rectangular in cross section, as shown in FIG. 5, to complement the generallyrectuanular fastener head 6. The width BW and thickness BT ofbody 12 is preferably approximately equal to the width and thickness, respectively, offastener head 6. The length BL ofbody 12 is a significant portion of the total length L ofdriver blade 10.Body 12 includes afirst face 56 and asecond face 58, wherein stiffeningrib 20 protrudes fromfirst face 56 ofbody 12 and extends substantially along the entire length BL ofbody 12 to provide durability and column strength along the length ofdriver blade 10. Preferably,rib 20 is generally centered along the width BW ofbody 12, as shown in FIG. 5, wherein the width RW ofrib 20 is significantly less than the width BW ofbody 12.Rib 20 protrudes fromfirst face 56 ofbody 12 for a thickness RT ofrib 20 that is less than the thickness BT ofbody 12. Thickness RT of rib should be large enough to provide sufficient strength and durability along the length ofdriver blade 10 to allowdriver blade 10 to last a desired number of cycles, preferably several hundred thousand cycles. Because the width of the grove inface plate 48, FIG. 1, cannot be larger than the width offastener head 6,rib 20, which slides along the groove infaceplate 48, also cannot have a width RW larger than the width offastener head 6.Body 12 andrib 20 are manufactured by a stamping process, described below. - In one embodiment,
body 12 has a length BL that is between about 70% and about 95%, preferably between about 80% and about 92%, still more preferably about 90% of the total length L ofdriver blade 10. The thickness BT ofbody 12 can be between about 50% and about 90%, preferably between about 65% and about 75%, still more preferably about 70% of the total thickness T ofdriver blade 10. Width RW ofrib 20 can be between about 25% and about 50%, preferably between about 30% and about 40%, still more preferably about 32% of the width BW ofbody 12. In one embodiment, the length BL ofbody 12 is between about 10 cm and about 12 cm, preferably about 11 cm, the width BW ofbody 12 is between about 2,5 mm and about 4 mm, preferably about 3 mm, the thickness BT ofbody 12 is between about 1,5 mm and about 1,8 mm, preferably about 1,6 mm, the thickness RT ofrib 20 is between about 0,5 mm and about 1,3 mm, preferably about 0,7 mm, and the width RW ofrib 20 is between about 0,7 mm and about 1,3 mm, preferably about 1 mm - Continuing with FIG. 5, preferably body includes rounded
edges 60 and arounded juncture 62 betweenbody 12 andrib 20, which can also be formed by stamping, because sharp edges more easily form concentrations of stress and fault lines at the high forces experienced by driver blade. Similarly, preferably there are flaredportions 64 betweenbody 12 andhead 16, as shown in FIG. 4, to prevent the formation of fault lines betweenbody 12 andhead 16. In one embodiment, rounded edges 60 have a radius of curvature of about 0.015 inch, rounded juncture has a radius of curvature of about 0.01 inch, and flaredportions 64 betweenbody 12 andhead 16 have a radius of curvature of about 0.25 inches. -
Head 16 is located at a trailingend 14 ofbody 12 and is substantially wider thanbody 12, as seen in FIG 4.Head 16 fits withinrecess 38 for coupling withpiston 4. In one embodiment,head 16 includes ahole 66 for receiving apin 68 extending throughpiston stem 36 andhole 66, see FIG. 1.Pin 68 is removable to allow for routine maintenance and replacement ofdriver blade 10. In one embodiment,head 16 has a width HW that is between about three and about six times wider than the width BW ofbody 12, preferably about 4 ¾ times wider. In one embodiment,head 16 has a width HW of between about 0.4 inches and about % inch, preferably between about ½ inch and about 0.6 inches, still more preferably about 0.59 inches. - Turning to FIGS. 3 and 6,
tip 18 is located at drivingend 15 of body and includes a drivingsurface 70 for impactinghead 6 offastener 5 withinchannel 26, see FIG. 1. Drivingsurface 70 is substantially normal tobody 12 so that drivingsurface 70 will strikefastener head 6 true and evenly. In one embodiment, drivingsurface 70 is the only portion ofdriver blade 10 that is machined to ensure that driving surface is substantially flat and normal withbody 12 ofdriver blade 10. - Continuing with FIG. 6,
tip 18 can also include a first taperedportion 72 offirst face 56 and a second taperedportion 74 ofsecond face 58 that tapers toward drivingsurface 70 at drivingend 15, wherein the thicknesses of bothbody 12 andrib 20 taper to a thickness TT of drivingsurface 70 that is between about 35% and about 80%, preferably between about 50% and about 70%, still more preferably about 60% of the total thickness T ofdriver blade 10. In one embodiment, first taperedportion 72 is tapered toward drivingsurface 70 at an angle a of between about 10° and about 20° preferably about 15°, second taperedportion 74 is tapered toward drivingsurface 70 at an angle β of between about 10° and about 20°, still more preferably about 15° and drivingsurface 70 has a thickness TT of between about 0,7 mm to about 1,9 cm, preferably about 1,3 cm to about 1,5 mm, still more preferably about 1,4 mm. -
Tapered portions make driver blade 10 as thin as possible at drivingend 15 so that there is little chance thatdriver blade 10 will damage workpiece 1, because the portion ofdriver blade 10 that workpiece 1 sees is smaller thanfastener head 6. Also, second taperedportion 74 ensures that drivingsurface 70 contacts onlyfastener 5 withinchannel 26, and not the next fastener over, because second taperedportion 74 slides down the next fastener so that drivingsurface 70 contacts head 6 of the fastener inchannel 26. -
Driver blade 10 is made by a novel method of manufacture wherein the driver blade is stamped instead of machined. The novel method includes the steps of providing cold rolled spring steel, forming an elongate blank 22 from said cold rolled spring steel, as shown in FIG. 2, providing a stamping die 76 having a generallyplanar stamping surface 78 with anelongate groove 80 in stampingsurface 78, and stamping blank 22 into stamping die 76 withelongate groove 80 to formelongate driver blade 10 having anelongate stiffening rib 20. - The cold rolled spring steel that is provided is preferably 1095 cold rolled steel, although S7 or 1050 spring can also be used. Preferably, the cold rolled spring steel is an annealed spring steel available in stock rolls of steel. A preferred stock spring steel is 1095 steel that can be purchased in stock rolls having a thickness of about 0.093 inches.
- The step of forming blank 22 out of the steel preferably forms a blank 22. having the same general shape as a completed
driver blade 10, see FIGS. 1 and 3.Blank 22 has a body 12', a head 16' at a trailing end 14' of body 12', and a tip 18' at a driving end 15' of blank 22.Blank 22 can be formed by any method that forms the desired shape, such as by cutting the shape, but stamping is preferred because it is easily repeatable and inexpensive. Stamping can also form hole 66' in head 16' of blank 22, either at generally the same time as stamping blank 22, or at some other time. - Stamping blank 22 into stamping die 76 comprises stamping blank 22 with sufficient force to deform the spring steel to form stiffening
rib 20. The stamping step formsrib 20 withinelongate groove 80 of stamping die 76 by forcing steel intoelongate groove 80 and by stamping down the metal adjacent torib 20, as shown in FIG. 8. - In one embodiment, the method also includes the step of trimming
body 12 ofdriver blade 10 to a predetermined width. Because blank 22 is deformed by stampingdie 76 to form stiffeningrib 20, some of the metal is forced outwardly so thatbody 12 ofdriver blade 10 is wider than desired, making it necessary to trimsides 82 ofbody 12 to a desired width BW. The method can also include the steps of stampingedges 60 ofbody 12 so that they are generally rounded, as shown in FIG. 5, to prevent the concentration of stress and the formation of fault lines.Tapered portions tip 18 can also be formed by stamping. - A step of heat treating
driver blade 10 can also be included in the method afterdriver blade 10 has been stamped so that the spring steel will have the hardness, strength and durability desired. In one embodiment,driver blade 10 is heat treated so that it is hard enough to withstand a predetermined number of cycles, preferably 250,000 cycles or more. Preferably,driver blade 10 is heat treated to a Rockwell C hardness of between about 52 and about 60, preferably between about 54 and 57. - Stamping of
driver blade 10 is significantly cheaper than machining a driver blade out of a similar metal. Stamping ofdriver blade 10 out of cold rolled spring steel costs less than 10% of the cost of machining a similar driver blade. Surprisingly,driver blade 10 formed by the stamping method is also substantially more durable than a typical machined driver blade made from similar materials. Under certain conditions, a conventional machined driver blade was able to withstand approximately 250,000 cycles before needing to be replaced. Under the same conditions,driver blade 10 of the present invention, manufactured from the stamping process, was able to withstand approximately 600,000 cycles before needing to be replaced. - While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific exemplary embodiment and method herein. The invention should therefore not be limited by the above described embodiment or method, but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention.
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- A stamped elongate driver blade (10) for use in a fastener driving tool having a piston (4), said driver blade comprising:an elongate body (12);a head (16) at one end (14) of said body for coupling to said piston;a tip (18) at the other end (15) of said body for impacting a fastener (5) to drive said fastener into a workpiece; anda stiffening rib (20) protruding from said body, said rib extending substantially along the length of said body;
- An elongate driver blade according to claim 1, wherein said spring steel is 1095 spring steel.
- A driver blade according to claim 1, wherein said driver blade (10) and said rib (20) have a generally T-shaped cross section.
- A method of manufacturing an elongate driver blade (10) for use in a fastener driving tool having a piston (4), said method comprising the steps of:providing cold rolled spring steel;forming an elongate blank (22) from said cold rolled spring steel;providing a stamping die (76) having a generally planar stamping surface with an elongate groove (80); andstamping said blank into said stamping die with said elongate groove to form said elongate driver blade having an elongate stiffening rib.
- A driver blade formed by the method of claim 4.
- A method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of trimming said driver blade to a predetermined width.
- A method according to claim 4, wherein said step of forming elongate blank comprises stamping said cold rolled spring steel.
- A method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of machining a driving surface at a tip of said elongate driver blade.
- A method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of heat treating said elongate driver blade to a predetermined hardness.
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